Zardari's Controversial Statement Over Army Chief to be Investigated | PPP Disowns Statement

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Zardari's Controversial Statement Over Army Chief to be Investigated | PPP Disowns Statement

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Reporter KB
Published by:Pakistan Views
Thursday, 25 February 2016 15:40

ISLAMABAD: Senior leaders of Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) denied the party Co-chairman Asif Ali Zardari’s statement over the army chief’s retirement, stating that an investigate is underway to the controversial statement in play.

In the local media, a statement was attributed to former President Zardari on Tuesday in which Zardari stunned his admirers and critics alike when he termed the decision of Chief of the Army Staff General Raheel Sharif of not taking an extension in service ‘premature’. Zardari’s statement sparked debates on private TV channels. Critics called it a volte-face to his January’s statement in which he hailed General Sharif’s decision.

PPP offices in Islamabad and Karachi said the statement was not issued by them. Khursheed Shah stated that appointment and retirement of the army chief was a constitutional matter and unnecessary debate over the issue must be stopped. Shah was talking to media persons after granting Rs5 million fund to the National Press Club here.

PPP leaders Qamar Zaman Kaira and Nafeesa Shah were also there. When asked about the Zardari’s statement, PPP leaders said that the party had kicked off an inquiry about the statement being associated with the former president.

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